Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 1, 1993-2023

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 1, 2018

Candidate, Mayor of Chicago, 1999

Member, Chicago City Council, 1983-1992

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, 1978

Candidate, Chicago City Council, 1975

Member, Bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus

Former Member, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Chair, Community College Caucus

Member, Congressional Asthma and Allergy Caucus

Member, Congressional Bicameral High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Caucus

Co-Chair, Congressional Biotechnology Caucus

Secretary, Congressional Black Caucus

Chair, Congressional Caucus on Access to Capital and Credit

Former Member, Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues

Member, Congressional Caucus on Community Health Centers

Member, Congressional Caucus on Crime Prevention and Youth Development

Chair, Congressional Caucus on Educating, Engaging, and Employing America’s Youth

Member, Congressional Caucus on Green Jobs

Member, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans

Chair, Congressional Collegiate Sports Caucus

Member, Congressional Creative Rights Caucus

Member, Congressional Diabetes Caucus

Member, Congressional Direct Selling Caucus

Chair, Congressional Energy Caucus

Member, Congressional Entertainment Technology Caucus

Former Associate Member, Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Hunger Caucus

Member, Congressional Labor and Working Families Caucus

Member, Congressional National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Caucus

Member, Congressional Natural Gas Caucus

Member, Congressional Pakistan Caucus

Memeber, Congressional Peace Corps Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Postal Caucus

Member, Congressional Soccer Caucus

Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus

Member, Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Urban Caucus

Member, Congressional Veterans Job Caucus

Former Member, Congressional Vietnam-Era Veterans Caucus

Member, Democratic Study Group

Memeber, Financial and Economic Literacy Caucus

Member, Great Lakes Task Force

Memeber, House Army Caucus

Member, House Cancer Caucus

Member, House General Aviation Caucus

Member, House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus

Member, Midwest High Speed Rail Congressional Caucus

Member, Northeast Midwest Congressional Coalition, Congressional Task Force on Manufacturing

Member, Northeast Midwest Congressional Coalition, Great Lakes Task Force

Member, Out of Poverty Caucus

Former Member, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Energy, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Health (Energy and Commerce), United States House of Representatives

Member, United States-China Working Group

Pastor, Beloved Community Christian Church, present

Private, United States Army, 1963-1968

Member, Democratic Whip Organization

Coordinator, Free Medical Clinic

Member, Iota Phi Theta

United States Delegate, North Atlantic Assembly

Deputy Chair, Illinois State Democratic Party, 1990

Central Committee Member, Illinois State Democratic Party, 1990

Member, Democratic Committee, Chicago Ward 2, 1984, 1988

Co-Founder, Illinois Black Panther Party, 1968

Member, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1966-1968

Astrological Sign:

Sagittarius